Hope for brain health: impacting the life course and society
Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 30;14:1214014. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1214014. eCollection 2023.
ABSTRACT
Hope is a cognitive process by which an individual can identify their personal goals and develop actionable steps to achieve results. It has the potential to positively impact people's lives by building resilience, and can be meaningfully experienced at both the individual and group level. Despite this significance, there are sizable gaps in our understanding of the neurobiology of hope. In this perspective paper, the authors discuss why further research is needed on hope and its potency to be harnessed in society as a "tool" to promote brain health across healthy and patient populations. Avenues for future research in hope and the brain are proposed. The authors conclude by identifying strategies for the possible applications of hope in brain health promotion within the areas of technology, arts, media, and education.
PMID:37457094 | PMC:PMC10348811 | DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1214014
Authors

Jayashree Dasgupta, PhD, MPhil
Clinical Psychologist and Social Entrepreneur

Joyla Furlano, PhD
Neuroscientist

Zach Bandler
Film Director and Screenwriter

Sol Fittipaldi, PhD
Neuroscientist
Alison Canty, PhD, GradCert UL&T, BSc
Neuroscientist

Anusha Yasoda-Mohan, PhD
Neuroscientist

Shaimaa El-Jaafary, PhD, MSC, MBBCH
Neurologist, Movement Disorders Specialist

Valentine Ucheagwu, PhD
Neuropsychologist

Gráinne McGettrick, MA
Social Scientist

Vanessa De la Cruz-Góngora, PhD
Dietitian, Lecturer and Researcher
Kim-Huong Nguyen, PhD, MSc
Economist

Brian Lawlor, MD, FRCPI, FRCPsych, MRIA
Founding Director, Trinity College Dublin
Aline Haas, PhD
Dancer, Researcher